Deuteronomy 7:12 (YLT)

Passage

`And it hath been, because ye hear these judgments, and have kept, and done them, that Jehovah thy God hath kept to thee the covenant and the kindness which He hath sworn to thy fathers,

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 7:10 and repaying to those hating Him, unto their face, to destroy them; He delayeth not to him who is hating Him--unto his face, He repayeth to him--

Deuteronomy 7:11 and thou hast kept the command, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I am commanding thee to-day to do them.

Deuteronomy 7:12 `And it hath been, because ye hear these judgments, and have kept, and done them, that Jehovah thy God hath kept to thee the covenant and the kindness which He hath sworn to thy fathers,

Deuteronomy 7:13 and hath loved thee, and blessed thee, and multiplied thee, and hath blessed the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil, the increase of thine oxen, and the wealth of thy flock, on the ground which He hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee.

Deuteronomy 7:14 `Blessed art thou above all the peoples, there is not in thee a barren man or a barren woman--nor among your cattle;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "been", "hear", "judgments", "kept", "done", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hath" and "been", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "and thou hast kept the command and..." into verse 13's "and hath loved thee and blessed thee...", so "hath" and "been" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hath" and "been" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.